Nigerian historical studies / E.A. Ayandele

London ; Totowa, N.J. : F. Cass, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 221 p. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1 How Truly Nigerian is our Nigerian History; 2 Britain and Yorubaland in the Nineteenth Century; 3 The Yoruba Civil Wars and the Dahomian Confrontation; 4 Observations on Some Social and Economic Aspects of Slavery in Pre-Colonial Northern Nigeria; 5 Background to the 'Duel' between Crowther and Goldie on the Lower Niger, 1857-85; 6 The Relations between the Church Missionary Society and the Royal Niger Company, 1886-1900; 7 The Missionary Factor in Northern Nigeria, 1870-19188 The Collapse of 'Pagandom' in Igboland9 The Missionary Factor in Brass, 1875-1900: A Study in Advance and Recession; 10 The Phenomenon of Visionary Nationalists in Pre-Colonial Nigeria; 11 The Colonial Church Question in Lagos Politics, 1905-1911; 12 Lugard and Education in Nigeria, 1900-18; 13 The Ideological Ferment in Ij?buland, 1892-1943; Index. Subject; Geschichte 1850-1950. Igbo (African people) History. Yoruba (African people) History. Nigeria.